1. BIM and Construction Specifications for the 21 st Century

2. Who is BSD? Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) is a software company specializing in applications for the architecture/engineering/construction market The company was founded in 1983 Headquarters are in Atlanta Staff comprises 43 employees, including architects, engineers, spec writers and software programmers, plus outside consultants Major products are: –BSD SpecLink®-E –BSD LinkMan™-E –BSD CostLink®/AE Our customers include thousands of firms and individual users in all 50 states Last year BSD SpecLink software was used to prepare specs for 20,000 projects

3. What is BSD LinkMan-E? It’s the most innovative communications and coordination tool available for linking BIM to construction specifications; it provides interoperability between BSD SpecLink-E & Autodesk’s Revit.

4. It’s an interoperability manager (LinkManager) that initially connects Revit and BSD SpecLink-E It’s a client-server application using SQL Server, but it can also run alone on a single computer It provides “dashboard” views of a project to show status of project data in each linked application― highlighting discrepancies for corrective action It has a built-in database of thousands of assemblies and building products that are pre-linked to BSD SpecLink-E and Autodesk’s Revit It allows specifications to be automatically edited and updated with data from BIM It permits linkage between customized objects in Revit and specification text in BSD SpecLink-E What is BSD LinkMan-E?

5. BSD LinkMan-E – An Overview

6. BSD LinkMan-E Architecture A Client-Server Application Using SQL Server Multiple Components: –Client Software Runs on User’s Computer –Server Software and Database Run on WAN or LAN –All Components Can Run on Standalone Computer Uses a Revit Add-in to Communicate SQL Server-Based Master and Projects Databases MS SQL Server Built Into BSD Server Install No Separate License; No Database Administrator Independent of BSD SpecLink-E; Available as an Add-On Application

7. LinkMan-E includes a database comprising a taxonomy of assemblies and products that is mapped to objects in each of the linked applications Assembly objects show in Revit View The dashboard views display the status of objects across applications – allowing the user to confirm correlations and correct discrepan- cies between the data in SLE and the data in Revit Product objects show in SLE View BSD LinkMan-E Architecture

8. How Does LinkMan-E Work? Ribbon Bar shows Applications Tab Each of the main views is accessible via its own tab. Here is the Revit Project view, which displays the status of assemblies in Revit LME imports data about Revit objects that are present and active in a Revit project The lighter background color and green status box highlight objects that are present and active in the Revit project Checkmark shows the Revit object has been linked to an assembly object in LinkMan Data from Revit includes quantities and number of instances

9. How Does LinkMan-E Work? Applications Tab expands or collapses view to show all or only active products The SpecLink Project view displays the current status of products in the specifications The SpecLink tree shows which sections are currently active in the SpecLink-E project Checkmark shows the SpecLink object has been linked to a Product object in LinkMan-E The lighter background color and green status box highlight products that are specified in the SpecLink project Text shown on a light background is actual text currently selected in SpecLink for the project

10. How Does LinkMan-E Work? The Assemblies Dashboard shows the status of assemblies in each of the linked applications, allowing project manager to see correlations and mismatches Products missing from the specifications can be “turned on” in SpecLink-E by clicking here, under “Select” Lighter color in LME column indicates assemblies that are active in one or more of the linked applications For a given assembly, LME shows which products are included and their status in each linked application Yellow status box in the SpecLink-E column indicates only some of the products comprising the assembly are currently active in SpecLink-E

11. How Does LinkMan-E Work? The Products Dashboard View shows the status of LinkMan–E products in all linked applications -- and can be collapsed to clearly show conflicts among active products The lighter color across all three columns indicates appropriate correlations, while gray on one side or the other shows discrepancies If “Auto Select Specs” is not activated, the project manager can manually “turn on” any individual products missing from the specifications by clicking in the “Select” column, thereby automatically selecting appropriate section and product text in SpecLink-E “Auto Select Specs” command allows automatic selection in SpecLink-E of any products missing from the specifications, based on data from the Revit project The project manager can use this view to determine whether corrections must be made in Revit and/or in SpecLink-E Assemblies that include the highlighted product are shown below, with current status of each assembly in each application

12. How Does LinkMan-E Work? Although many Revit elements have been pre-linked to LinkMan-E, users may create or import their own objects into Revit and link to LME, then link to the appropriate sections and specific products in BSD SpecLink-E By opening the Revit Project and Assemblies Dashboard in the same window, users can drag and drop elements to create links to LME The links created by this drag-and-drop process persist from one project to the next, so it is a simple matter to create an “office master” of linked objects

13. How Does LinkMan-E Work? BSD also provides several hundred Revit objects that have been pre- linked to LME and are therefore connected to BSD SpecLink-E. For example, there are more than 200 intelligent wall types that can be sorted and selected by attributes such as overall thickness, fire rating, and sound rating

14. We hope this brief introduction to BSD’s innovative interoperability product has intrigued you enough to ask for more information about LinkMan-E. Or let us give you a one-on-one demo of the product. Thank you for your interest! Call us toll-free at 888-BSD-SOFT (888-273-7638) or visit our website at www.bsdsoftlink.com